"I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength." In Spanish it is even more compact, and it is one of the first verses many learners commit to memory.
Below is the Reina-Valera text with the English, read aloud by a real voice at full speed and slow.
Philippians 4:13 · Filipenses 4:13
Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece.
I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
Word by word
Todo lo puedo
I can do all things (literally: I can do everything)
en Cristo
in Christ
que me fortalece
who gives me strength ("fortalece": literally "strengthens me")
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todo lo puedo: TOH-doh loh PWEH-doh. Literally "all of it I can": Spanish puts the "all" first.
fortalece: for-tah-LEH-seh. "Strengthens." The c before e sounds like s.
Common questions
How do you say Philippians 4:13 in Spanish?+
"Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece": I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength. The book is Filipenses, so the reference reads Filipenses 4:13.
What does "todo lo puedo" mean word by word?+
Todo (all), lo (it), puedo (I can): "all of it I can do." Spanish leads with the "all", which gives the verse its punch.
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